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jjohnson

jjohnson

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I have an addiction to audio and have often thought about a hobby repairing and/or building amplifiers or preamps in my spare time. There is only one problem. I don't have any knowledge of electricity or electronics.:D I have looked at a few books, most notably "Teach Yourself Electricity and Electronics". Does anyone have any recommendations to a newbie to get involved in this area without getting himself electrocuted?:tears:
 
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I have found that the best way to learn is a "hands on" approach. You can read about theory all day, but you must put your knowledge to use and build practical examples of what you are reading about. I was lucky, my high school (At the time, probably a victim of budget cuts now. It was 18 years ago.) had a very good electronics program that taught me the basics and helped me put what I learned to use by building the circuits and theory we studied.

If it's practical, I would look to your local community college and see if they offer any courses on electronics. As far as books, i'm sure others will chime in.
 
Thanks for the advice. I may well look at attending a class. I picked up a book from the library today to get a feel for things but I'm sure that the hands-on lab work of a classroom would be well worth my time.
jhal said:
I have found that the best way to learn is a "hands on" approach. You can read about theory all day, but you must put your knowledge to use and build practical examples of what you are reading about. I was lucky, my high school (At the time, probably a victim of budget cuts now. It was 18 years ago.) had a very good electronics program that taught me the basics and helped me put what I learned to use by building the circuits and theory we studied.

If it's practical, I would look to your local community college and see if they offer any courses on electronics. As far as books, i'm sure others will chime in.
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Maybe you have a community college you could take a class for an audit where you don't get a grade you just go for fun.

Main thing is to learn to read a schematic...

Good luck....
 
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